13th February

The Alphabet

Personal pronouns, Possessive determiners, Possessive pronouns in English

Personal pronounsPossessive determinersPossessive pronouns
as subject (nominative)as object (accusative and dative)as an adjectiveas a noun
Imemymine
youyouyouryours
hehimhishis
sheherherhers
itititsits
weusourours
youyouyouryours
theythemtheirtheirs
We have some books.The books are for us.These are our books.The books are ours.
Note: his and its can be possessive determiners or possessive pronouns. Look at the complete sentences to find out which function the pronoun has.

Use of demonstratives

Demonstratives differ according to:
  • distance: near or far,
  • or number: singular or plural.
Here are the main distinctions:
  • This modifies or refers to singular nouns that are near to the speaker.
  • That modifies or refers to singular nouns that are far from the speaker.
  • These modifies or refers to plural nouns that are near to the speaker.
  • Those modifies or refers to plural nouns that are far from the speaker.
DemonstrativesSingularPluralNearFar
This
true
-
true
-
That
true
-
-
true
These
-
true
true
-
Those
-
true
-
true
Exercises
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6AG6_VeRc1zeDFtOWs3N0hnLWc/view?usp=sharing


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